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ReviewGM crops & food2024

Regulatory framework for genetically modified organisms in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

Bongani Z Nkhabindze, Cebisile N Magagula, Diana Earnshaw, Calsile F Mhlanga, Sipho N Matsebula, Isaac G Dladla

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Review in GM crops & food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Bongani Z NkhabindzeDepartment of Crop Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Eswatini, Luyengo, Eswatini.
Cebisile N MagagulaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Eswatini.
Diana EarnshawDepartment of Crop Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Eswatini, Luyengo, Eswatini.
Calsile F MhlangaDepartment of Natural Resource Management, Eswatini Environment Authority (EEA), Mbabane, Eswatini.
Sipho N MatsebulaDepartment of Natural Resource Management, Eswatini Environment Authority (EEA), Mbabane, Eswatini.
Isaac G DladlaDepartment of Natural Resource Management, Eswatini Environment Authority (EEA), Mbabane, Eswatini.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Kingdom of Eswatini is a Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity and to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. As Party, Eswatini has domesticated these agreements by passing the Biosafety Act, of 2012 to provide for the safe handling, transfer, and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) in the country. The Act regulates living modified organisms to be used for confined field trials, commercial release, import, export, and transit, and for food, feed, and processing. Guidance is provided for prospective applicants before any application is made to the Competent Authority. This framework also provides for the regulation of emerging technologies such as synthetic biology and genome editing. The regulatory framework for living modified organisms aims to provide an enabling environment for the precautionary use of modern biotechnology and its products in the country in order to safeguard biological diversity and human health.

Indexed as

Organisms, Genetically ModifiedBiotechnologyFood, Genetically ModifiedFood SafetyGene EditingHumansPlants, Genetically ModifiedSynthetic BiologybiosafetyEswatinigenetically modified organismsliving modified organisms

Identifiers

PMID38963885
PMCPMC11225911

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